Pre-slaughter handling

Handling of animals pre-slaughter in the meat processing facility is crucial for meat quality. MPS Red Meat Slaughtering is able to training your staff and design stables and runways. Many sources state that not the stunning method as such but the animal handling and the quality of the stunning method is determining meat quality.

Stunning

MPS has various stunning aids available including ritual stunning systems.

Bleeding & hollow knife systems

Transfer

By using a bleeding conveyor system, which is transporting the sheep through the bleeding area on a separate bleeding shackle, the sheep will be transferred after bleeding to single dressing hook or a sheep gambrel on which it can be dehided and dressed.

Pre-dehiding & Dehiding

For ergonomic pre-dehiding and dehiding of sheep MPS supplies a number of solutions: from a fully manual up to an automated process. Conveyor system for both horizontal as well as vertical pre-dehiding operations are available.

Evisceration

Adding value to the carcass drives the evisceration process. MPS designed evisceration systems based on:

Optimize labour use

Maximize slaughter efficiency

Minimize contamination

White organs

Red organs

Veterinary inspection

Weighing & Grading

Chilling & Cooling

Chilling

Most of today’s modern meat plants are provided with a quick chill tunnel to reduce the carcass temperature as soon as possible and avoid unnecessary weight losses.

Cooling or Equalisation rooms

For the installation of the cooling rooms MPS supplies both automatic and manual transport systems.

Dispatch

For an efficient dispatch of the carcasses or meat racks, MPS provides several solutions for loading the trucks from the internal rail system.